Life Support Maintenance Manager III ​/ Excursion and Electronically Controlled UBA and Recompression

Position Title

Life Support Maintenance Manager III / Excursion and Electronically Controlled UBA and Recompression System Manager

JEB Little Creek – Fort Story, Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach, VA 23459;
Position Type:
Full Time

SECRET

• Provide technical support for maintenance, inventory, and tracking of NSW Divers’ Life Support Systems (DLSS).
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for the use and sustainment of U.S. Navy approved diving materiel and hyperbaric chamber systems. With this comes the requirement to advise on the development and revision of diving techniques and procedures (DTPs).
• Provide direct supervisory oversight of two contractor positions:
  Diving Maintenance Technician III / Excursion and Electronically Controlled Underwater Breathing Apparatus (UBA) Technician / Supply Database Specialist / Personal Property Custodian Lvl III.
  • Ensure personnel adhere to assigned duties and contractual requirements. Manage work schedules, leave, and ensure full staffing coverage.
  • Delegate tasks based on individual skills and operational priorities, ensuring efficient use of personnel resources.
• Conduct scheduled and unscheduled preventative and corrective maintenance as mandated by OPNAV Instruction 4790 scheduled in 3M for all E-UBA and EC-UBA systems, Haskel oxygen, N2O2, and HeO2 charging booster pumps and kits, diagnostic test equipment and tools, buoyancy compensators, depth gauges, pressure gauges, underwater communications equipment, full face diving masks, Diving Life Support Systems (DLSS) associated equipment and NAVSEA Certified Life Support Systems.
• Assist in maintaining, writing, execution, and review of Re-entry Control Packages (REC) for NSW recompression chamber systems.
• Monitor diving materiel, E-UBA, EC-UBA and hyperbaric chamber systems inventory and readiness databases to ensure proper accounting and readiness reporting of related materiel in-use by NSWG-2 and subordinate commands, and report status to the NSWG-2 Master Diver and LOGSUPPU Combat Systems Department Head monthly. Monitor physical accounting at least annually and maintain access to ELMS/DPAS or other designated government authoritative database to monitor inventories and report discrepancies/shortfalls.
• Maintain a current library of all publications, instructions, and messages related to diving materiel and hyperbaric chamber systems in-use by NSWG-2 and subordinate commands.
• Assist coordination of issue and receipt of diving materiel, E-UBA, EC-UBA, hyperbaric chamber systems, and related materiel.
• Assist coordination of diving materiel and DLSS maintenance and repair conducted by outside entities. Develop scopes of work, obtain service quotes when required, and schedule and track status of maintenance or repair by outside activities, providing status updates as required.
• Assist with short and long‑term maintenance plans.
• Assist phase replacement, technical refresh, and disposition of diving materiel, E-UBA, EC-UBA, and hyperbaric recompression system throughout NSWG-2.
• Assist coordination of training related to the use and sustainment of diving materiel, E-UBA, EC-UBA, and hyperbaric systems, including oxygen worker, and provide after‑action reports as required. Assist development of short‑ and long‑range training plans.
• Assist in development of comprehensive curriculum for end‑user training on the E-UBA and EC-UBA to qualify E-UBA and EC-UBA maintenance technicians. Deliver training and certification programs to NSW personnel, ensuring operational proficiency. Maintain training records and provide feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement. Must be available to travel to conduct training and maintenance at remote sites.
• Assist in development of comprehensive curriculum for end‑user training on the E-UBA and EC-UBA to prepare E-UBA and EC-UBA diving supervisors for final evaluation, test, and board. Must be available to travel to conduct training at remote sites.
• Conduct training in maintenance and repair of mixed‑gas underwater breathing apparatuses and hyperbaric chambers in-use by NSWG-2 and subordinate commands.
• Coordinate submission of air samples…